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History of the galaxy, the universe, and everything in it. Type any topic. We search six free sources at once and show you what each one says, with a link to the original.

Start here: origin of the universe | solar system | Milky Way | history of astronomy | ancient civilizations | history of writing | black holes

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The Federation’s own history

One thread inside the larger story: the dated record of what the Federation has built. Open the Archives.

Honest limit: these are open sources. Encyclopedias and papers can be wrong, and some topics have little or nothing written. We show what exists and link to it; we do not rewrite or endorse it.